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Born July 11, 1826 • England
Died December 4, 1864 (aged 38)
George Stephenson
George Stephenson
English engineer and inventor
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Joseph Bramah
British inventor
William George Armstrong, c. 1870
William George Armstrong, Baron Armstrong
British industrialist and engineer
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Matthew Murray
English engineer
James B. Eads
James B. Eads
American engineer
Sir William Siemens, engraving after a portrait by Rudolf Lehmann
Sir William Siemens
German-born English engineer and inventor
Karl Benz
Karl Benz
German engineer
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Sir Charles Algernon Parsons
British engineer
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J. Presper Eckert
American engineer
Gottlieb Daimler
Gottlieb Daimler
German engineer and inventor
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Robert Bosch
German engineer
Carl von Linde
Carl von Linde
German engineer
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Elisha King Root
American inventor, engineer, and manufacturer
Henry Bessemer
Henry Bessemer
English inventor and engineer
Richard Trevithick, detail of an oil painting by John Linnell, 1816; in the Science Museum, London.
Richard Trevithick
British engineer and inventor
Bracket clock with oak case, ebony veneer, and gilt bronze mounts by Thomas Tompion, c. 1690; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Thomas Tompion
English clockmaker
Frank Whittle
Sir Frank Whittle
British inventor and aviator
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Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe
English lawyer and horologist
Matthew Boulton, detail of an engraving by William Sharp after a portrait by William Beachey, 18th century
Matthew Boulton
British engineer and manufacturer
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Bryan Donkin
British industrialist